Tips and tricks for USB support with Hyper-V

Takeaway: USB doesn’t have to be a three-letter curse word with Hyper-V. Rickatron shares some tips and new options for working around a lack of USB support for Hyper-V.

The need comes up occasionally to attach a USB device to a virtual machine (VM). But with the current iteration of Hyper-V as well as Hyper-V “R3” that is coming with Windows Server 2012, currently in beta, the ability to directly connect a USB device is still a challenge as it is not supported.